Chinese Doctors Violently Attacked Over Medical Costs

Staff / Truthdig Oct 26, 2013 China's government is trying to enhance security in hospitals to protect health care providers from patients' furious relatives; Obama seems completely indifferent to outrage over the NSA leaks; meanwhile, Wikipedia's volunteer workforce is dwindling. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New EU-Phone

Christo Komarnitski, Cagle Cartoons, Bulgaria Oct 25, 2013 Dig deeper

Merkel Reportedly Livid About Suspected NSA Surveillance

Staff / Truthdig Oct 24, 2013 German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pretty peeved at President Obama over allegations that the National Security Agency has been monitoring her cellphone. Although the White House denies these actions, German intelligence investigators believe Merkel has reason to be upset. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robbery Victim Finds Good Use for the NSA

Staff / Truthdig Oct 17, 2013 The National Security Agency has been pretty unpopular since Edward Snowden leaked documents showing it has been unceremoniously spying on Americans. But one woman found a way to use the NSA's omnipresence for good. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Brazil Cancels State Visit Over NSA Spying

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 18, 2013 Calling the US government's spying on Brazilian officials "a grave matter, an assault on national sovereignty and individual rights, and incompatible with relations between friendly nations," the South American country has pulled out of the only White House state dinner scheduled this year. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Brazil May Be Losing Faith in the U.S. Due to NSA Leaks

Staff / Truthdig Aug 14, 2013 The South American country was planning to spend $4 billion on 36 fighter jets for its air force in a contract promised to the U.S. Now, President Dilma Rousseff seems to be having second thoughts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Would You Vote for Someone Who Kept Quiet About NSA Spying?

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 14, 2013 Whether he passes reforms or not, President Obama's mass surveillance program has made him the closest thing we have to Big Brother. Will his top lieutenants, Vice President Joe Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, take that funk with them into the next election? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

What NSA Reforms?

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Aug 13, 2013 President Obama's message about the government's massive electronic surveillance programs came through loud and clear: Get over it. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Weiner Overwhelms NSA

John Darkow, Cagle Cartoons, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Aug 5, 2013 Dig deeper

We Should Thank Edward Snowden

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 30, 2013 Edward Snowden's renegade decision to reveal the jaw-dropping scope of the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance is being vindicated -- even as Snowden himself is being vilified. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Way Too Much Info

Mike Luckovich / Truthdig Jul 26, 2013 Dig deeper

How to Be a Rogue Superpower

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Jul 17, 2013 From the time Edward Snowden’s first leaks came out, it was obvious he was in control of how much of the NSA’s secret world would be seen. But the Obama administration went after him anyway. No thought of future embarrassment stopped officials, nor possible resentments engendered by their heavy-handed pressure on numerous foreign governments. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )